“They considered him an untouchable. All kinds of stories were circulated about his life style, his ways and manners. Some thought that he was not quite sane.”

“Can we make sure that we create a social structure where we remove untouchability?”

“To a mammoth crowd he spoke in Hindustani about the Government's determination to abolish both untouchability and landlordism.”

“If the individual does not speak out against untouchability, it means he is winking at its practice.”

“Traditionally there are four castes in the Hindu religion, the fifth section of society being the untouchables, so lowly they are considered outside the caste system.”

“Rather, untouchables are outcastes placed below the sudra caste.”

“Elsewhere, where Hindus did convert, it was not the hoped-for Brahmins, but the powerless and disenfranchized lower castes and untouchables who made the change.”